BY THE NUMBERS

Over the past decade, the chamber has managed hundreds of leads with businesses looking to expand or relocate. Working with our partners, many of these leads have become successful projects that have created new jobs, new income and new investment—the cornerstones of economic growth. Each day, the Springfield region competes with other communities for jobs and talent. As the chamber enters the next century, that competitive landscape continues to evolve, and the unique intersection of job creation, population growth and quality of place is increasingly important. To attract and retain more people and new jobs, the chamber continues to strengthen its focus on talent development, retention and attraction as well as investing in the assets that make this a desirable place to live, work, play and learn. The following numbers show examples of how the chamber is continuing that focus.

In the last 10 years from 2010 to 2019, the Spring- eld Business Development Corporation (SBDC), the economic development arm of the chamber, has managed projects creating 6,199 new jobs in the Springeld region. These projects have resulted in adding $221,256,613 to the annual payroll (non-in- ation adjusted) and $664,235,000 in capital investment (non-ination adjusted). 6,199 NEW JOBS

900 + COLLEGE STUDENTS

The Network for Springfield’s Young Professionals presented to more than 900 college students during 2019 about why Springfield is a great place to live, work and play. The Network has played a key role in the chamber’s efforts to attract, engage and retain young professionals in Springfield.

300

300 attended the inaugural edition of SGForum, a half-day summit just for SGF YPs. The 2020 edition is moving to a larger venue to meet the demand for this purpose-driven program featuring inspiring keynote speakers, mini sessions about community, personal and professional development and more. ATTENDEES

7,725,360

TOTAL IMPRESSIONS

From December 4, 2018, to December 4, 2019, SBDC’s talent attraction initiative marketing campaign placed ads on social media platforms targeting individuals working in high-demand elds as well as those who’ve lived here in the past. During its rst year, the campaign reached nearly 2 million people, made more than 7.7 million impressions and received 47,000+ click-throughs to the talent attraction website, LiveInSpringeldMO.com.

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PAST CHAIRMEN

Thank you to all of the men and women who have volunteered their time as chair of the board over the past 100 years.

1924 – W. A. MCALEE 1925 – J.F. WELLS 1926 – J. W. BROWNLOW 1927 – JOHN S. FARRINGTON 1928 – J. W. BROWNLOW 1929 – JOHN L. MCCORMACK 1930– S. F. FREEMAN 1931 – S. F. FREEMAN 1932 – BENJAMIN F. MCDONALD 1933 – JOHN T. WOODRUFF 1935 – JOHN T. WOODRUFF 1936 – LESTER E. COX 1937 – LESTER E. COX 1938– JEWELL E. WINDLE 1939 – JEWELL E. WINDLE 1940 – LEWIS E. MEADOR 1941 – LEWIS LUSTER 1942-43 – ARTHUR M. CURTIS 1944-46 – W. WALLIS SMITH 1947 – WILL W. JOHNSON 1948 – H.A. BAKER 1949 – H.A. BAKER 1950 – JOHN K. HULSTON 1951 – JOHN K. HULSTON 1952 – WILL C. JOHNSON 1953 – WILL C. JOHNSON 1954 – JOHN K. HULSTON 1955 – DURWARD G. HALL 1956 – DURWARD G. HALL 1957 – EUGENE F. JOHNSON 1958 – C. HAROLD GURLEY 1959 – EUGENE A. MARTIN, JR. 1960 – DEL E. CAYWOOD 1961 – GEORGE T. FOX 1962 – THOMAS H. BAIRD, SR. 1963 – SI SMITH & G. PEARSON WARD 1964 – G. PEARSON WARD 1965 – DON C. DAILEY 1966 – RICHARD C. GRAYSON 1967 – KEITH M. DAVIS 1968 – W. RAY DANIEL 1969 – S. H. CLOW & DAVID A. RYDEEN 1970 – RAY F. ATON 1971 – DON R. HANDLEY 1972 – JAMES H. BROWN 1973 – WILLIAM V. TURNER 1974 – JIM C. JONES 1975 – LAWRENCE M. OLLIS 1976 – DONALD L. RICH 1977 – LON R. MCLAUCHLIN 1978 – H. DUANE PEMBERTON 1979 – CHRIS W. NATTINGER 1980 – DON WESSEL 1981 – WALTER GERMAN 1982 – CARL E. YATES 1983 – CARL EDWARD DECK 1984 – GENE RUBLE 1985 – KENNETH L. CARTER 1986 – MICHAEL J. WILLIAMSON 1987 – BILL BUCKNER 1988 – ALLEN CASEY 1989 – W. CURTIS GRAFF 1990 – WILLIAM E. KIRKMAN 1991 – GORDON L. KINNE 1992 – ROBERT E. ROUNDTREE 1993 – FRANK M. EVANS, III 1994 – JAMES E. STREET 1995 – FRED J. LUDEN & CHARLIE GRAAS 1996 – CHARLIE GRAAS 1997 – JIM JURA 1998 – NIKKI SELLS 1999 – JOE TURNER 2000 – MARY KAY MEEK 2001 – ROBERT H. SPENCE 2002 – DAVID AGEE 2003 – RICHARD OLLIS 2004 – TODD PARNELL 2005 – RANDELL WALLACE 2006 – MIKE BRIGGS 2007 – ANN MARIE BAKER 2008 – DOUG PITT 2009 – ANDREW LEAR 2010 – TIM ROSENBURY 2011 – JERRY A. HARMISON, JR. 2012 – JOHN WILSON 2013 – BRIAN FOGLE 2014 – JEFF SCHRAG 2015 – TOM HILMES 2016 – DEBRA SHANTZ HART 2017 – JOHN WANAMAKER 2018 – DOUG NEFF 2019 – JEFF CHILDS

PAST SPRINGFIELDIAN AWARD RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to the hardworking Springfield residents who have won the Springfieldian Award. Our city is better because of you.

1957 – DURWARD G. HALL 1958 – ED BAXTER 1959 – EUGENE F. JOHNSON 1960 – LESTER E. COX 1961 – G. PEARSON WARD 1962 – MAX VAN HOOK 1963 – E. L. ANDERSON 1964 – THOMAS H. BAIRD, JR. 1965 – E. A. MARTIN, JR. 1966 – J.H.G. COOPER 1967 – JAMES A. JEFFRIES, SR. 1968 – FLAVIUS FREEMAN 1969 – DON C. DAILEY 1970 – G. FRANK KNOX 1971 – WILLIAM E. EVERHEART 1972 – L.E. MEADOR

1973 – DEL E. CAYWOOD 1974 – THOMAS F. ZIMMERMAN 1975 – JOE KUKLENSKI, JR. 1976 – JAMES F. PAYNE 1977 – JAMES K. COOK 1978 – JOHN K. HULSTON 1979 – WILLIAM V. TURNER 1980 – JOHN Q. HAMMONS 1981 – LESTER L. COX 1982 – C. ARCH BAY 1983 – RALPH FOSTER 1984 – BILL HENDERSON 1985 – GENE EVERETT 1986 – LEE MCLEAN 1987 – DON WESSEL 1988 – ED DECK 1989 – JOHN E. MOORE, JR. 1990 – DORSEY E. LEVELL 1991 – RAY F. ATON 1992 – MARY KAY MEEK 1993 – MICHAEL J. WILLIAMSON 1994 – CHRIS W. NATTINGER 1995 – ROBERT E. ROUNDTREE 1996 – BEN A. PARNELL 1997 – CHARLIE O’REILLY 1998 – JAN HORTON 1999 – KENNETH L. CARTER 2000 – JACK STACK 2001 – JOHN L. MORRIS 2002 – TOM FINNIE 2003 – ROSEANN BENTLEY 2004 – ROBERT H. SPENCE 2005 – JIM ANDERSON 2006 – RALPH MANLEY 2007 – KENNETH MEYER 2008 – ANNIE BUSCH 2009 – BILL FOSTER 2010 – BRIAN FOGLE 2011 – WILLIAM DARR 2012 – MARY BETH O’REILLY 2013 – GORDON ELLIOTT 2014 – TOM CARLSON 2015 – JOHN D. BENTLEY, MD 2016 – WILLIAM E. KIRKMAN 2017 – PATTI PENNY 2018 – SAM F. HAMRA 2019 – GORDON L. KINNE

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